M. Lawes

Ecology · 2000–2017

A researcher in the Science corpus: 17 papers; trusts 17 researchers and is trusted by 11 researchers here, as inferred from the citation graph.

Subfields

• Ecology — 148 citations into it; #3,197 of 10,717 by trust here, #1,936 by citations
• Nature and Landscape Conservation — 120 citations into it; #2,353 of 6,941 by trust here, #1,964 by citations
• Global and Planetary Change — 90 citations into it; #4,090 of 10,225 by trust here, #2,820 by citations
• Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics — 56 citations into it; #2,617 of 6,648 by trust here, #3,529 by citations
• Plant Science — 30 citations into it
• Social Psychology — 18 citations into it
• Mechanical Engineering — 9 citations into it
• Atmospheric Science — 7 citations into it

Whom M. Lawes trusts overall

Their strongest outbound trust, strongest first, inferred from their citations.

1. J. Midgley
2. W. Bond
3. Eric R. Ziegel
4. W. Hoffmann
5. P. V. Mantgem
6. K. Burnham
7. Patricia Koleff
8. G. Burrows
9. J. Lennon
10. Colin A. Chapman

Who trusts M. Lawes overall

1. Colin A. Chapman
2. S. R. Pryke
3. J. Midgley
4. Juli G. Pausas
5. Vinícius L. Dantas
6. Peter Clarke
7. G. Burrows
8. Rajesh Bagchi
9. B. Lamont
10. Dereje Tesfaye

Papers from M. Lawes's perspective

Ordered by how strongly the researchers M. Lawes trusts endorse each paper. Same corpus, a different order for every researcher.

1. PLANT FUNCTIONAL TRAITS IN RELATION TO FIRE IN CROWN-FIRE ECOSYSTEMS
2. The origin of the savanna biome
3. Growing tall vs growing wide: tree architecture and allometry of Acacia karroo in forest, savanna, and arid environments
4. Fire as an evolutionary pressure shaping plant traits. (Trends in Plant Science)
5. A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide
6. Fire in Mediterranean Ecosystems: Ecology, Evolution and Management
7. Comparative growth analysis of tropical forest and savanna woody plants using phylogenetically independent contrasts
8. Comparative fire ecology of tropical savanna and forest trees
9. A synthesis of the demography of African acacias (Journal of Tropical Ecology)
10. Regulation of shrub dynamics by native browsing ungulates on East African rangeland

Their papers

• Population Declines of Colobus in Western Uganda and Conservation Value of Forest Fragments (2007) — 91 citations
• What hope for African primate diversity (2006) — 174 citations
• How many birds are killed by cats in Australia (2017) — 164 citations
• Small mammals decline with increasing fire extent in northern Australia: evidence from long-term monitoring in Kakadu National Park (2015) — 114 citations
• Stemming the tide: progress towards resolving the causes of decline and implementing management responses for the disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia (2015) — 109 citations
• Experimental evidence that feral cats cause local extirpation of small mammals in Australia's tropical savannas (2014) — 124 citations
• The current decline of tropical marsupials in Australia: Is history repeating? (2014) — 138 citations
• Resprouting as a key functional trait: how buds, protection and resources drive persistence after fire. (2013) — 811 citations
• Costs and benefits of relative bark thickness in relation to fire damage: a savanna/forest contrast (2013) — 131 citations
• Bark thickness determines fire resistance of selected tree species from fire-prone tropical savanna in north Australia (2011) — 179 citations
• How do small savanna trees avoid stem mortality by fire? The roles of stem diameter, height and bark thickness (2011) — 198 citations
• Tropical tree community shifts: Implications for wildlife conservation (2010) — 87 citations
• Savanna woody plant dynamics: the role of fire and herbivory, separately and synergistically (2010) — 221 citations
• Resilient forest faunal communities in South Africa: a legacy of palaeoclimatic change and extinction filtering? (2007) — 116 citations
• Carotenoid status signaling in captive and wild red-collared widowbirds: independent effects of badge size and color (2002) — 176 citations
• Agonistic carotenoid signalling in male red-collared widowbirds: aggression related to the colour signal of both the territory owner and model intruder (2001) — 172 citations
• Patch Occupancy and Potential Metapopulation Dynamics of Three Forest Mammals in Fragmented Afromontane Forest in South Africa (2000) — 137 citations